Story | 19 Apr, 2018
Space for Nature Symposium: what's next?
By Natasha Ali and Trevor Sandwith
On 22 – 23 February 2018, participants at the 'Safeguarding space for nature and securing our future: developing a post-2020 strategy' Symposium discussed the future of spatial planning and policy. The symposium was hosted by the Zoological Society of…
Story | 16 Apr, 2018
World Wetlands Day Celebration at Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur, India
CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain, Head, Environment & Forest Management, Tata Steel Ltd.
Story | 10 Apr, 2018
Protecting the Torricelli Mountain Range - Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA), Papua New Guinea
CEESP News: by Jim Thomas - CEO, Tenkile Conservation Alliance, Papua New Guinea
The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) is a non-government organisation (NGO) established in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2001. Principally established to save the critically endangered Tenkile tree kangaroo…
Story | 06 Apr, 2018
Our friend and colleague Philippe Bouché tragically passed away on Tuesday 5 April, as the aircraft he was piloting crashed on take-off from the La Tapoa resort in W National Park in Niger, West Africa. He leaves behind his wife and two children.
Story | 28 Mar, 2018
Brazil increases marine protection to over 25%
By Cláudio C. Maretti, Chico Mendes Institute (ICMBio)
Brazil is advancing consistently in its marine nature conservation and natural resources sustainable use strategy, as the Brazilian President announces it will protect over 920,000 km2, including mangroves. The government’s efforts…
Story | 28 Mar, 2018
Important Marine Mammal Areas : 46 new candidates
"We have put up our biggest numbers so far,” said Task Force co-chair Erich Hoyt. “A total of 46 candidate IMMAs.”
Story | 26 Mar, 2018
From extinction to free ranging by successful reintroduction
25th anniversary of the reintroduction of Przewalski’s horse
Story | 14 Mar, 2018
The human cost of conservation
CEESP News: Rainforest Foundation UK
A new report published in December 2017 by the Rainforest Foundation UK exposes the impacts of two national parks on local and indigenous communities in the Republic of Congo.
Local and indigenous communities living in and around Nouabale…
Story | 14 Feb, 2018
Azerbaijan to create the first Marine Protected Area in the Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan is upgrading and expanding the Gizilaghaj State Reserve to become a National Park and will include the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on the planet. The new MPA will seek to protect six significant marine species on the brink of…
Story | 10 Feb, 2018
Freshwater habitat encounters alarming acidification and phosphorus pollution